Labour Relations Officer - Member Education 18 Month Contract
Top Benefits
About the role
Location: Toronto, ON
Type: Contract (18 Months)
Group/Grade: Bargaining Unit/Officer
Grade Rate: $111,335.63 (start)
Date: August 13, 2025
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is Canada’s largest nurses’ union. We are powered by our members — 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, and 18,000 nursing student affiliates — who provide care in hospitals, long-term care, public health, the community, clinics and industry.
Our mission is to defend the rights of and advocate for nurses and health-care professionals who care for the health of Ontarians. We empower members and fight against unfair and unsafe treatment, negotiate and enforce our contracts, offer benefits and insurance, provide tailored education and development opportunities and much more. We confront governments, administrations and other policymakers head on to fight for high-quality public health care.
ONA is seeking to hire a Contract Labour Relations Officer on our Member Education Team (MET). Reporting to the Senior Manager, Member Education/Anti Racism and Anti Oppression, the successful candidate is responsible for providing learning solutions that ensure education is consistent with organizational and membership policy, the membership strategic plan and meets ONA members’ needs. The Labour Relations Officer will be responsible for designing, delivering, monitoring, and evaluating provincial education initiatives.
This is what else you can expect from this dynamic role:
- Design, assess, and update, course curriculum and educational programs in compliance with the membership strategic plan and operational standards
- Plan, deliver, and evaluate all learning sessions, workshops and presentations to ensure the delivery is aligned with identified learning objectives
- Collaborate to develop and implement a communication framework to inform members and staff of workshops scheduled to be delivered
- Collaborate and create education evaluation processes including feedback loops to service teams and members
- Identifying skill, knowledge and resource gaps as required to perform tasks
- Identify risks and opportunities related to ONA meeting our Strategic Priorities and goals
- Modify learning plans and content based on learner feedback and current best practice learning models, in alignment with organizational, legislative and other changes and regular revision cycles.
- Partner with other teams to understand and support their needs and recommend viable solutions (e.g. assess and make recommendations on database needs, in collaboration with the Information Technology Team)
- Partner with other teams and collaborate to develop new and relevant content for education and workshops, utilizing organization Subject Matter Experts
- Develop, evaluate and facilitate staff orientation/on-boarding
What we are looking for
- The successful candidate will have a degree or diploma as a Registered Health Professional and/or in Labour/Industrial Relations;
- Post-secondary education in Adult Education, or actively engaged in pursuing such designation, preferred
- Certificate in Project Management an asset
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in needs-based educational program development, design and implementation
- Experience in the design, facilitation and management of organizational initiatives to stated outcomes, required
- Demonstrated focus on providing innovative solutions to meet the needs of our members
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written along with proven excellent presentation and group facilitation skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, and have a basic knowledge of database applications
- Bilingual English/French would be an asset
The candidate must be able to travel, possess a valid driver’s license and have access to an automobile for business use.
All interested candidates may apply via ONA Jobs by 4:30 p.m. on August 27, 2025.
The Ontario Nurses’ Association is committed to employment equity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from equity-deserving groups including individuals of Indigenous descent, Racialized individuals, individuals with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI persons. We also provide accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at HumanResources@ona.org*.*
Thank you for your interest in joining us. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Ontario Nurses' Association
The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is a proactive union committed to improving the economic welfare and quality of work-life for our members, to enable them to provide high-quality health care.
Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is the trade union that represents 60,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working throughout Ontario, including: hospitals community health long-term care public health clinics industry Each facility represented by ONA has a Bargaining Unit President that oversees union activities within that facility. The provincial organization is divided into Locals, which is headed by a Local Coordinator. Bargaining Unit Presidents as well as Local Coordinators are ONA members, and are members' best source of information as it pertains to their facility.
Labour Relations Officer - Member Education 18 Month Contract
Top Benefits
About the role
Location: Toronto, ON
Type: Contract (18 Months)
Group/Grade: Bargaining Unit/Officer
Grade Rate: $111,335.63 (start)
Date: August 13, 2025
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is Canada’s largest nurses’ union. We are powered by our members — 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, and 18,000 nursing student affiliates — who provide care in hospitals, long-term care, public health, the community, clinics and industry.
Our mission is to defend the rights of and advocate for nurses and health-care professionals who care for the health of Ontarians. We empower members and fight against unfair and unsafe treatment, negotiate and enforce our contracts, offer benefits and insurance, provide tailored education and development opportunities and much more. We confront governments, administrations and other policymakers head on to fight for high-quality public health care.
ONA is seeking to hire a Contract Labour Relations Officer on our Member Education Team (MET). Reporting to the Senior Manager, Member Education/Anti Racism and Anti Oppression, the successful candidate is responsible for providing learning solutions that ensure education is consistent with organizational and membership policy, the membership strategic plan and meets ONA members’ needs. The Labour Relations Officer will be responsible for designing, delivering, monitoring, and evaluating provincial education initiatives.
This is what else you can expect from this dynamic role:
- Design, assess, and update, course curriculum and educational programs in compliance with the membership strategic plan and operational standards
- Plan, deliver, and evaluate all learning sessions, workshops and presentations to ensure the delivery is aligned with identified learning objectives
- Collaborate to develop and implement a communication framework to inform members and staff of workshops scheduled to be delivered
- Collaborate and create education evaluation processes including feedback loops to service teams and members
- Identifying skill, knowledge and resource gaps as required to perform tasks
- Identify risks and opportunities related to ONA meeting our Strategic Priorities and goals
- Modify learning plans and content based on learner feedback and current best practice learning models, in alignment with organizational, legislative and other changes and regular revision cycles.
- Partner with other teams to understand and support their needs and recommend viable solutions (e.g. assess and make recommendations on database needs, in collaboration with the Information Technology Team)
- Partner with other teams and collaborate to develop new and relevant content for education and workshops, utilizing organization Subject Matter Experts
- Develop, evaluate and facilitate staff orientation/on-boarding
What we are looking for
- The successful candidate will have a degree or diploma as a Registered Health Professional and/or in Labour/Industrial Relations;
- Post-secondary education in Adult Education, or actively engaged in pursuing such designation, preferred
- Certificate in Project Management an asset
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in needs-based educational program development, design and implementation
- Experience in the design, facilitation and management of organizational initiatives to stated outcomes, required
- Demonstrated focus on providing innovative solutions to meet the needs of our members
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written along with proven excellent presentation and group facilitation skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, and have a basic knowledge of database applications
- Bilingual English/French would be an asset
The candidate must be able to travel, possess a valid driver’s license and have access to an automobile for business use.
All interested candidates may apply via ONA Jobs by 4:30 p.m. on August 27, 2025.
The Ontario Nurses’ Association is committed to employment equity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from equity-deserving groups including individuals of Indigenous descent, Racialized individuals, individuals with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI persons. We also provide accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at HumanResources@ona.org*.*
Thank you for your interest in joining us. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Ontario Nurses' Association
The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is a proactive union committed to improving the economic welfare and quality of work-life for our members, to enable them to provide high-quality health care.
Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is the trade union that represents 60,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working throughout Ontario, including: hospitals community health long-term care public health clinics industry Each facility represented by ONA has a Bargaining Unit President that oversees union activities within that facility. The provincial organization is divided into Locals, which is headed by a Local Coordinator. Bargaining Unit Presidents as well as Local Coordinators are ONA members, and are members' best source of information as it pertains to their facility.